Here's exactly how much the price of a New York City subway ride has changed over the last 100 years

On March 22, the price of a single New York City subway or bus
ride increased from $2.50 to $2.75 per ride,
reports CBS News.

The New York Post points out that this is the fifth price
increase in the past eight years.

ABC News published a fare breakdown by the Associated Press
listing every increase in the past 111 years, since the subway
opened in 1904.

Here are those 22 increases in chart form, from the original
5-cent fare to the current $2.75.

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When you adjust those numbers for inflation, however, they get a
little more interesting.

While the above chart shows a steady rise to today's price, the
inflation-adjusted chart below shows the fare growing in fits and
starts, even dipping in the late '70s. When you're looking at a
difference of $2.70 over a century with an average historical 3%
rate of inflation every year, it turns out that the fare hasn't
risen as much as the unadjusted graph would indicate. The cost of
a subway ride has risen from about $1.20 in 2015 dollars in the
early 20th century to $2.75 today.